Movies: Ben Affleck is nominated for a Razzie Award

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Jan 23, 2017 at 4:05 PMJan 23, 2017 at 4:58 PM

By Dana Barbuto/The Patriot Ledger

Move over Casey. It’s Ben’s turn to shine.

A day before the younger bro officially nabs a best-acting Oscar nomination, the older Affleck earned a pair of nods for the 37th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, better-known as the Razzies, which honor the worst in film.

Cambridge native Affleck, an Oscar-winner for “Argo,” secured acting accolades for his performance in the universally panned superhero dud “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” He is up for worst actor and worst screen combo with Henry Cavill, who plays the Man of Steel in the movie, which was slapped with eight nominations. “Zoolander 2” drew nine nods.

Another local connection: Randolph native Scott Mednick was a producer for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” nominated in the category of worst prequel, remake, ripoff or sequel.

“Winners” will be announced Feb. 25, the day before the Academy Awards.

The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday morning at about 8:18 a.m.

Worst Actor: Ben Affleck for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” Gerard Butler for “Gods of Egypt” and “London Has Fallen,” Henry Cavill for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” Dinesh D’Souza for “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party,” Robert De Niro for “Dirty Grandpa,” Ben Stiller for “Zoolander 2”

Worst Screen Combo: Ben Affleck and his BFF (Baddest Foe Forever) Henry Cavill in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”; Any two Egyptian gods or mortals in “Gods of Egypt” ; Johnny Depp and his vomitously vibrant costume in “Alice Through the Looking Glass”; The entire cast of once respected actors in “Collateral Beauty”; Tyler Perry and that same old worn out wig in “Boo! A Madea Halloween”; Ben Stiller and his BFF (Barely Funny Friend) Owen Wilson in “Zoolander 2”;